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Journal of the House of Lords
… 132 0 0 35 5 0 Lace and Patent Net Yds. 64,974 27,497 4,631 68,164 187,664 … 95,834 2 6 128,823 7 3 88,589 11 6 Lace and Thread of Gold and Silver lbs. oz. 1,362 0 1,893 0 …
Journal of the House of Lords
… Thread is wanted, for example, some kinds of Garment Silk, Lace, Crape, &c., in some the stronger, and in some the more …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Aglet This term is usually applied to a metal tag of a LACE (also called a POINT) intended primarily to make it …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… manufacturing was more general, plaiting, spinning, or lace-making might provide this employment, 231 but it is …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… BUTTONS or SPOONs, and used as a cheap substitute in GOLD LACE. The alchemists had long tried to make gold, but this … use: 1440 Found used to make BUTTON, fruit dish, OE, SALT, SPANGLE, SPOON Found describing LACE See also ALCHEMY COMB. Sources: Inventories (early), …
Survey of London
… 85 The first occupants of the shops were a gold and silver lace manufacturer, a druggist, a pastrycook and fruiterer, …
Old and New London
… shirts, nightcaps, razors, all sorts of knitting and lace, "dolls' things," and a vast variety of other articles, … milliners, sempstresses, and such as sell a sort of copper lace called St. Martin's lace, for which it is of note." On the west side of …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1 woman was recorded as a straw plaiter and 1 as a tambour lace-maker; 4 worked in the clothing trade, and 3 in a silk …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and many females are employed in the making of lace and straw-plat; wooden chairs are also made for …